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Conduct and Character : Readings in Moral Theory

ISBN: 9780534552053 | 0534552056
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Pub. Date: 6/23/1998

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SummaryTable of Contents
This concise anthology of 31 readings on the philosophical theories of morality is organized according to type of moral theory (utilitarianism, egoism, virtue ethics, the ethics of care, etc.) and contains a separate chapter devoted to each type. Reading selections in the chapters provide a balance of both classical and contemporary philosophical writings, representing a spectrum of viewpoints on each theory in one, concise volume. Readings have been selected to be accessible to introductory students in Ethics or Moral Theory and include brief introductions.
Prefacev
Chapter 1 Introduction to Moral Theory: The Aims, Structure, and Evaluation of Moral Theories
1(22)
The Aims of Moral Theory
2... MORE
The Structure of a Moral Theory
6(8)
The Evaluation of a Moral Theory
14(9)
Chapter 2 Egoism
23(27)
Plato
The Myth of Gyges
23(3)
Ayn Rand
The Virtue of Selfishness
26(6)
James Rachels
Egoism and Moral Skepticism
32(10)
Peter Singer
Egoism, Altruism, and Sociobiology
42(8)
Chapter 3 Ethics by Authority: The Divine Command Theory and Relativism
50(26)
Robert C. Mortimer
Morality is Based on God's Commands
50(4)
John Arthur
Morality Without God
54(8)
Ruth Benedict
A Defense of Ethical Relativism
62(7)
James Rachels
The Challenge of Cultural Relativism
69(7)
Chapter 4 The Natural Law Theory
76(32)
St. Thomas Aquinas
Treatise on Law
76(9)
C.E. Harris
The Ethics of Natural Law
85(13)
Philippa Foot
The Doctrine of Double Effect
98(5)
Emmett Barcalow
Problems for Natural Law Theory
103(5)
Chapter 5 Utilitarianism
108(46)
Jeremy Bentham
The Principle of Utility
108(6)
J.S. Mill
In Defense of Utilitarianism
114(8)
Kai Nielsen
Against Moral Conservatism
122(10)
John Rawls
Two Concepts of Rules
132(10)
J.L. Mackie
The Ethics of Fantasy
142(12)
Chapter 6 Kantian Ethical Theory
154(34)
Immanuel Kant
The Moral Law and Autonomy of the Will
154(8)
Robert L. Holmes
Kantianism
162(13)
Onora O'Neill
Kant on Treating People as Ends in Themselves
175(5)
Fred Feldman
On Treating People as Ends in Themselves: A Critique of Kant
180(8)
Chapter 7 The Ethics of Care
188(27)
Carol Gilligan
Moral Orientation and Moral Development
188(9)
Nel Noddings
An Ethic of Caring
197(12)
Claudia Card
Caring and Evil
209(6)
Chapter 8 Pluralism and Particularism
215(18)
Jean-Paul Sartre
Moral Choice Without Principles
215(3)
W.D. Ross
What Makes Right Acts Right?
218(6)
David McNaughton
Principles or Particularism?
224(9)
Chapter 9 Virtue and the Ethics of Perfectionism
233
Aristotle
Virtue and Character
233(11)
Bernard Mayo
Virtue and Moral Theory
244(5)
Edmund L. Pincoffs
A Defense of Perfectionism
249(10)
Robert B. Louden
On Some Vices of Virtue Ethics
259

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